I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Economics of the University of Cologne, funded by the ERC Project “Housing, Inequality and Public Policy” led by Sebastian Siegloch.

I obtained a PhD from Paris School of Economics and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University in December 2025, under the supervision of Laurent Gobillon (PSE) and Pierre-Philippe Combes (Sciences Po).

I’m also an affiliate of the LIEPP in Sciences Po. I was a 2023 Palladio Foundation fellow.

I spent Spring 2023 as a visiting scholar at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, sponsored by Gilles Duranton. I also visited the FGV EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance in Rio de Janeiro in July 2023, hosted by Sophie Mathes, and Berlin Quantitative Spatial Economics in July 2026, hosted by Gabriel Ahlfeldt.

I am on the 2026–27 economics job market

My research lies at the intersection of urban and environmental economics. I combine novel granular geospatial data, causal inference methods, and quantitative spatial models to study how public policies shape housing markets, land use, and adaptation to climate risks. I am particularly interested in how risk disclosure and mandatory adaptation policies influence housing decisions, affordability, and resilience to environmental hazards.

My Job Market Paper examines France’s Risk Prevention Plans, which combine risk disclosure with mandatory adaptation requirements. Focusing on shrink-swell risk, I investigate how these policies affect housing development and property prices, and distinguish between the effects of making risks more salient and reducing households’ exposure to them. I then use a spatial equilibrium model to quantify their broader welfare implications.

My CV is available here.

You can reach out at paul-venturine [at] wiso [dot] uni [dash] koeln [dot] de